US 12,273,157 B2
Systems and methods for multi-AP transmission with uniform coverage
Hanqing Lou, Syosset, NY (US); Xiaofei Wang, Cedar Grove, NJ (US); Li-Hsiang Sun, San Diego, CA (US); Oghenekome Oteri, San Siego, CA (US); Rui Yang, Greenlawn, NY (US); Joseph S. Levy, Merrick, NY (US); and Frank La Sita, Setauket, NY (US)
Assigned to InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Appl. No. 17/437,265
Filed by INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC., Wilmington, DE (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/021455
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 8, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/185586, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/815,753, filed on Mar. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0173773 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 7/024 (2017.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 17/336 (2015.01)
CPC H04B 7/024 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0619 (2013.01); H04B 17/336 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for multiple access point (AP) transmission, the method comprising:
receiving a plurality of beacon repetitions, one from each of a plurality of APs, each of the plurality of beacon repetitions comprising a common information part and an AP-specific information part;
decoding at least one of the common information parts to obtain a first parameter, wherein the first parameter indicates a maximum number of APs that may be selected to perform the multiple AP transmission;
decoding the AP-specific information parts to obtain a plurality of second parameters, each associated with one of the plurality of APs;
generating feedback based on the first parameter and the plurality of second parameters and a number of the plurality of APs; and
transmitting the feedback to at least one of the plurality of APs.